Asom Gana Parishad | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | AGP |
| Leader | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta |
| President | Atul Bora |
| Secretary | Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
| Founder | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Bhrigu Kumar Phukan Biraj Kumar Sarma |
| Founded | 14 October 1985 |
| Headquarters | AGP Complex, Gopinath Bordoloi Road, Ambari, Guwahati - 781001 |
| Student wing | Asom Chatra Parishad |
| Youth wing | Asom Yuva Parishad |
| Women's wing | Asom Mahila Parishad |
| Peasant's wing | Asom Krishak Parishad |
| Ideology | Assamese nationalism[1][2] Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| ECI Status | State Party[3] |
| Alliance | NEDA (2016–2019, 2019–present) NDA (2016–2019, 2019–present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
| Seats in Assam Legislative Assembly | 8 / 126 |
| Election symbol | |
 Elephant | |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| https://agpofficial.in | |
Asom Gana Parishad (translation: Assam People's Council, abbr. AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of 1985[4] and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13 to 14 October 1985 in Golaghat,[5] which also allowed Prafulla Kumar Mahanta who was the youngest chief minister of the state to be elected. The AGP has formed government twice once in 1985 then again in 1996. The popularity of AGP surged in the late 1980s but declined in the 2000s.[6] After a 20-year gap, AGP, in alliance with NDA, won a Lok Sabha seat in 2024.[7]
The party split in 2005, with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta forming the Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), but regrouped on 14 October 2008 in Golaghat.[8]
It won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections, coming to power after a long gap. It was a partner in a coalition with the Bodoland People's Front and Bharatiya Janata Party.[9]
Currently it is a part of North-East Regional Political Front consisting of political parties of the northeast that has supported the National Democratic Alliance (India). As of 2021, the party is likely to form an alliance with BJP in coming assembly elections as well.[10]
- ^ Dipak Kumar Sarma. "Negotiating Factionalism: The case of the Asom Gana Parishad" (PDF). Dipak Kumar Sarma.
- ^ Dipak Kumar Sarma – Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam (February 2012). "Different Paradigm on Factional Politics: Reference to Asom Gana Parishad". Centre for Environment, Education and Economic Development (CEEED), Assam.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Baruah, Sanjib (November 1986). "Immigration, Ethnic Conflict, and Political Turmoil--Assam, 1979-1985". Asian Survey. 26 (11): 1184–1206. doi:10.2307/2644315. JSTOR 2644315.
- ^ Indranil Banerjie (17 January 2014). "Birth of AGP leads to Assam being divided into two irreconcilable camps". India Today.
- ^ "Assam in the late 1980s and gives an analysis of the rise and decline of AGP in the 2000s".
- ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2024: With rise and fall of regional parties, Assam sees shift in politics prior to '26 Assembly polls".
- ^ Samir K. Purkayastha (15 October 2008). "AGP unification amid scepticism – Sections still unsure about party fortunes". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018.
- ^ "A reversal of fortunes for AGP, BJP since poll debut in 1985".
- ^ Singh, Bikash. "Asom Gana Parishad to contest assembly polls in alliance with BJP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 January 2021.